Khmer Empire

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  • 1700 BCE

    1700

    Vietnamese armies repeatedly attack Khmer forces in Mekong River delta and defeat the Khmer.
  • 1593 BCE

    1593

    Siamese (Thai) king attacks and defeats the Khmer king.
  • 1440 BCE

    1440

    Khmer rulers relocate the capital of Phnom Penh.
  • 1432 BCE

    1432

    Khmer's abandon Angkor. Over subsequent centuries. The jungle grows around and over Angkor and it's location is forgotten.
  • 1431 BCE

    1431

    Thai army attacks Angkor
  • 1300 BCE

    1300

    Buddhism grows in importance and again becomes the main religion above the Khmer kings.
  • 1243 BCE

    1243

    Rule of Jayavarman VIII. He renounces Buddhism and orders that Buddhist temples and images be destroyed and Hinduism become the main religion.
  • 1181 BCE

    1181

    Jayavarman VII defeats the Chams and expands the empire to furthest extent to incorporate much of present-day Laos, Thailand and Burma.
  • 1177 BCE

    1177

    Cham kingdom invades much of Khmer Empire's eastern territory.
  • 834 BCE

    834

    Khmer Empire expands and Angkor Wat is built. Buddhism becomes important.
  • 802 BCE

    802

    Jayavarman II enthroned as a devaraja (god-king)
  • 770 BCE

    770

    Jayavarman II unifies smaller states to create one large empire. The capital is in the Angkor region of Cambodia.
  • 500

    500 CE

    Evidence of trade between the Khmer and Indian peoples.
  • 550

    550

    State of Chenla replaces Funan as the dominant kingdom.